disusage

  • 11disuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of use Nouns 1. disuse, forbearance, abstinence; obsoleteness, [planned] obsolescence; relinquishment; cessation, discontinuance; abandonment; castaway, throwaway, reject. Informal, cold storage.… …

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  • 12Desuetude — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Desuetude >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 desuetude desuetude disusage Sgm: N 1 obsolescence obsolescence disuse &c. 678 Sgm: N 1 want of habit want of habit want of practice Sgm: N 1 inusitation inusitation …

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  • 13disuse — n. 1. Failure to use, non employment, ceasing to use, abandonment. 2. Desuetude, discontinuance, neglect, non observance, disusage …

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